The Surgeon's Mate
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4.4/5 · 585 readers · 382 pages · ≈ 7 h 04 m · Moderate
What order should I read the Aubrey-Maturin series series?
Read The Surgeon's Mate first, then follow the publication order above — Master and Commander, then The Fortune of War, then The Letter of Marque, then The Hundred Days.
How long does it take to read The Surgeon's Mate?
About ≈ 7 h 04 m — 382 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Surgeon's Mate?
382 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Surgeon's Mate?
It sits on the Sea Stories, History, Fiction shelves.
Is The Surgeon's Mate in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Surgeon's Mate?
Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000).
Aubrey-Maturin series — reading order
- → The Surgeon's Mate (1980) you are here
- 1 Master and Commander (1969)
- 2 The Fortune of War (1979)
- 3 The Letter of Marque (1989)
- 4 The Hundred Days (1998)
“The long harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia on a long, long summer's day, and two frigates gliding in on the tide of flood under their topsails alone: the first, since she had belonged to the United States navy until a few days before, wore the Stars and Stripes under a white ensign; the second showed no more than her own shabby colours, for she was HMS Shannon, the winner in that short and bloody”